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Friday, November 14, 2025
TopicFake news

Topic: fake news

Next polls will be fought between ancient glories & modern science. Apt ‘Scoop’ sequel?

The reportage on the alleged hacking attack to influence the 2016 US presidential election and Trump’s suspected Russian escapades is not far from Evelyn Waugh’s narrative.

Citizen-led journalism shapes news when all else fails: Media entrepreneur Anshul Tewari

Youth Ki Awaaz founder explained the need for citizens to share their stories and bring important issues to light, when the mainstream media fails at it. 

Eat chicken, it’s healthy, says Sania Mirza. But the endorsement gets fried

The Advertising Standards Council of India has sought the withdrawal or modification of the advertorial. But the poultry group is unwilling.

Modi cabinet reshuffle: Piyush Goyal made acting finance minister, Irani removed from I&B

Goyal will handle the ministry until the time Arun Jaitley recovers from kidney transplant, Irani reportedly pays the price for controversies.

What do religious fanatics & conspiracy theorists have in common? They believe fake news

It turns out that people who “endorse delusion-like ideation” are more likely to believe fake news — as are “dogmatic individuals and religious fundamentalists.”

HoaXposed: National flag not hoisted at Red Fort post sunset because of the code

The picture of the Red Fort without the National Flag in Delhi was shared by more than 29,000 people and had over 12,000 reactions on one Facebook post.

No, social media does not change the way we vote

A young student speaks up about the growing influence of social media in the way our democracy works.

Impeachment weapon to ‘fake’ Caravan news – what Arun Jaitley said after Loya judgment

The finance minister, an eminent lawyer himself, termed judge Loya's death case as 'the one that almost created a Judicial Mutiny'.

Indian journalists face a brutal equation: Fight together for press freedoms or perish

The media can disagree, fight and judge each other. But it can survive and thrive only by closing ranks when its first principles are under attack.

Global Pulse: Xi now paints China as the opposite of protectionist USA

Venezuela is struggling to provide its citizens even necessities like power and water. At Boao, Chinese President Xi paints China as the new flag bearer of free trade and liberalization. Southeast Asia is now tackling fake news-using questionable methods.

On Camera

Trump stoked the Epstein scandal. It’s come back to bite him

The disgraced financier also seemed to allege in documents that Trump kept company for hours with one of Epstein’s victims.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.